Standard Horizon Gx5500s - Manual (Page 84)

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14.4 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION (LAT/LON)
You may send the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel manually from the VH-
310 Handset when the GX5500S is not connected the GPS receiver.
After the position is entered, transmitting a DSC Distress, Position Request, or
Position Send will contain the manually entered position.
1. Press and hold down the [CALL(MENU)] key until “ Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio
Setup Setup Setup Setup Setup” menu appears.
2. Press the [
T] key to select “DSC SETUP DSC SETUP DSC SETUP DSC SETUP DSC SETUP” menu.
3. Press the [ENT] key, then select “ POS INPUT POS INPUT POS INPUT POS INPUT POS INPUT” with the [ S]/
[ T] key.
4. Press the [ENT] key then, enter the your local time from
the keypad by the 24-hour system on the UTC time.
5. Enter the Latitude of your vessel location (xx.xx.xx) by the
keypad, then press the [6(NAV)] key to select North (N), or
[7(SCRM)] key to select South (S).
6. Enter the Longitude of your vessel location (xxx.xx.xx) by
the keypad, then press the [3(SCAN)] to select East (E), or
[9(FOG)] key to select West (W).
7. If a number was entered by mistake, press the H/L key
repeatedly to select the number. Press the [
S]/[T] key to
select the desired number.
8. Press and hold in the [ENT] key to store the data entered,
then press the [16/9] key to exit this menu and return to
radio operation mode.